Man charged with two counts of home invsion

Tuesday

Mar 5, 2013 at 8:36 AMMar 5, 2013 at 8:36 AM

By Matt Durr?

matt.durr@hillsdale.net?HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale man has been charged with two counts of second degree home invasion after he was arrested by Hillsdale City Police Thursday afternoon. William Jerry Spahr Jr., 47, was arraigned via video conferencing in Hillsdale County District Court Friday afternoon on the charges and faces up to 15 years in prison.?Police arrested Spahr after connecting him to two home invasions that were reported on Feb. 15 near the campus of Hillsdale College.?Shortly after midnight Thursday, HCP responded to complaints of a prowler in the area of Manning Street near River, which is close to the campus. While searching the area, police saw a suspect who matched the description of the prowler and investigated the man. Officers spoke to the suspect who turned out to be Spahr, but let him go after he denied any wrongdoing and officers did not have any reason to further investigate him.?When the HCP morning shift arrived, another complaint was filed in which the witness said they saw a man in a window near the area in question. Officers followed up with Spahr and after locating evidence of the burglaries, he was arrested around 4 p.m. Thursday.?Spahr asked judge Donald Sanderson to appoint him a lawyer after indicating he cannot afford one. He also asked for a personal recognisance bond, but Sanderson denied that request based on his prior record.?Spahr was charged last fall with one count of interfering with an electronic communication and one count of domestic violence. The interfering with an electronic communication charge was dropped, but he was convicted of domestic violence.?Bond was set at $20,000 with 10 percent allowed. Spahr will be in court again on March 13 at 10:30 a.m. for an examination. He is currently being held at the Hillsdale County Jail.